Thursday, March 6, 2008

And then we jumped

**We used this picture on the cover of our profile album**

Last night was our final meeting for our home study. We read over the report before signing our names on the last page. Grant & I are finally ready to dive into the pool of adoptive parents and we have been waiting for this moment for over a year. We stood at opposite ends of the hallway after our worker left, Grant in the kitchen and me still at the front door, and individually digested the significance of last night's appointment. At the exact same moment we both started jumping and danced towards each other and shared the longest hug... it's sometimes very eerie how connected we are and how many times we do the same thing without needing to say a word. Before she left, our worker suggested we submit our profile album as soon as possible so the adoption worker can start presenting us to birth parents!! Grant & I have been sitting on our profile for over a year, working on it a little bit here and there, but last night was the motivation we needed to finally complete it. We had it printed and bound today and will be submitting it tomorrow!!!! I returned home from work to find that Grant had finished off the nursery. Being at this stage, the next step in our adoption journey seems so unreal and so exciting all at the same time. The next thing on our to-do list is to buy our car seat because we do not want to be stuck not being able to bring our baby home because we don't have a car seat!

As we move onto this next stage in our adoption journey we will have a "blackout" period on our blog. We wish to maintain and respect the privacy of the birth parents we meet. On the advice of our worker we will refrain from posting updates or pictures (it's going to be very difficult to do) about how our adoption journey is progressing until our adoption is finalized, which will occur approximately 6 months from when our baby is placed in our home...and on that day everyone will know we are the extremely proud parents of the most beautiful and precious 6 month old!!!

This is not a good-bye post, because we WILL post about our newest family member, this is a post to say "see you soon" and thank you so much for your support, your abundance of prayers and your constant encouragement.

6 comments:

Liz Falker said...

Congratulations! May your wait be short and filled with joy!

Liz Falker

p.s. thanks for buying my book!

Liz@Storklawyer.com

Anonymous said...

I'm so excited for you both! You have endured so much and been faithful and that faithfulness will be rewarded! Our prayers will continue to be with you!!!

Lots of love,
Andrea

Anonymous said...

Congratulations!!! I can't imagine how excited you must be, with this long journey coming ever closer to the special reward at the end. I will be anxiously awaiting the next post!

Hugs,
Tracy (and Rob too!)

Anonymous said...

I am so happy for you, Grant and Janet! I've been keeping up with your blog and I am so glad to see that you've come so far in this journey. This is very exciting!!! Hope to see you two over Easter :-)

Lots of love,

Victoria

Anonymous said...

Janet, I just happened to catch your blog from Isaac's - I knew you were hoping to adopt and since we haven't been at KidsAbility lately, I'm glad to hear that exciting things are happening!
Marlita Magreehan :)

The Woman of the House said...

Wonderful Janet and Grant, We're praying and asking others to pray for a speedy and wonderful match for you, over at www.journeytotherese.blogspot.com

God bless you,
Can't wait to hear the news. Praying for you during this time too and for health and joy for your little one that will be waiting for you. I wonder how many weeks in utero he/she/they are?

God bless,
Adele